The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-06-15


so as too shut off escape entirely. The dam
ming up of some timber by the merest acct
dent thus saved family of eight from sud
den and sure death. The fall of Berton
rock at the Notch, a boulder weighing one
hundred tons, occurred i'm 1908. " Prison "
rock, which fell at a later date, is one of the
objects of interest which is shown to the
Mansfield mountain tourist
THE programme of the semi-annual meet
ing of the Vermont Medical Society, which
meets in st. Johnsbury June % and "a, is at
hand. The proceedings will include, aside
from routine business, paper on Spinal
Meningitis" by DIR. Joel Allen of johnson ;
remarks on the Treatment of Headache"
by DIR. Woodward of Burlington " Intuba-
ton of the Larynx," by DIR. Wheeler of
Burlington; Acute Peritonitis," by DIR.
Brooks of st. Johnsbury; hillary Calculi,"
by DIR. Ladue of Alburgh Springs; voluntary
papers or reports of cases; vice-presdent's
address by DR.. johnson of West Concord !;
thirteen cases of placenta praevia in pri-
vate practice by DIR. Atwater of Burlington;
voluntary papers or reports of cases; gem
eral discussion of the following subjects;
treatment of typhoid fever, antiseptics in
midwifery and hay-fever.
In General.
LORD TENNYsoN is suffering from govt
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND has arrived home.
WEST POINT graduated sixty-four cadets
Saturday
THE yellow fever scourge in Key West is
under control
THE condition of the German crown prince
is considered serious.
THE Indian outbreak in Arizona is as
Stunning serious proportions.
SEVERAL more cases of smallpox have
been discovered in Chicago.
MANY evictions are reported at Bodyke
and in County Clare, Ireland
A BLIND soldier of Elmra, n. Y, has
drawn over $4,000 back pension.
A FIRE in the Union block at Springfield
Mass, did nearly $4,000 damage.
Ex-SEcRETARY MANNING arrived from
Europe Saturday on the Baltic"
REPORTS from the peninsular peach region
give promise of a fair to good crop.
A BOY was killed in South Boston by com
ing in contact with an electric wire.
IT is reported that the Boston Herdld has
secured control of the Boston Globe.
The convention to consider the division
of Dakota has been called for July 9TH.
THE yacht "Atlantic" again beat the
Priscilla and "Galatea " on Saturday.
PROFESSOR Hermann, the prestidigitateur,
died at Carlsbad, recently, aged sixty-six.
A LODGE of anarchists has been discovered
in Columbus, Ohio, with a membership OF
ninety.
The difficulties in the Choctaw Nation is
said to arise from rum and not from race
feeling.
THERE is a rumored movement of dissatis.
fed knights of Labor leaders to secede from
the order.
THE third clause of the coercion bill was
passed last week, two hundred eleven to
eighty three.
THE Connecticut railroad commission de-
cided to permit the running of Sunday news
paper trains.
THERE has not been a heavy shower in
the vicinity of Fort Dodge Kansas, for tif
teen months.
A CIRCUS attendants leg was nearly
chewed off by lions of menagerie exhibit
ing at Chicago.
THE Berlin Post, reviewing the poitca
situation, concludes that Europe will enjoy
a quiet summer.
THE Dominion parliament has approprf
ated million dollars to build the new SAUL
Ste Marie canal.
A PICNIC party were driven over a preci
pice in a stage near Cincinnati, and several
persons were injured.
ABOUT S450,000 has already been sub
scribed for the proposed Episcopal cathe
dral in New York city.
THE efforts of the Chicago bricklayers ant
master masons to settle their differences by
arbitration have failed.
PROFESSOR TODD of Amherst is going t,
Yokohama to take observations of tn,
| total eclipse in August.
THE immense sugar refinery of the Have
meyers, in Brooklyn, n Y, was burned
Saturday; loss 100000
THE Canadian house of commons threw
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! of the Southeastern railway.
A BILL has been introduced into the Bra
! lillian lower house giving freedom to all til,
slaves in twenty-seveh years.
THE act under which cigar-shops an,
other places were closed on Sunday a
| Washington is declared invalid.
A YOUNG lady stands at the head of elias
of nine physicians graduated at the syria
cuse University Medical School.
WILLIAM BACON STEVENS, ID, bishol
of the diocese of Pennsylvania of the Prot
estant Episcopal Church, is dead.
EMPEROR WILLIAM of Germany has beef
suffering from cramps in the stomach an,
catarrhal Inflammation of the eyes.
IT is proposed to consolidate all the rail
way lines in New Hampshire under ney
corporation subject to state control.
The Rev. Myron White, one of the oldes
members of the Troy Conference, died a
his home near Keeseville last week.
The superintendent of public schools c
Henderson, KY, was shot and seriousl
wounded by the high school principal
THE smallpox has increased both in tn
number of cases and in the severity of tn
malady in the eastern portion of Cuba.
CHARLES II. ABBOTT testified in the Chi
cago Doodle " trial to having paid S1l 90
for a contract to supply the county coal.
FRIENDS of Encouragement Garland sa
that he was offered the position on til
United States supreme bench but declined /
THE Ancient and Honorable Artiller
Company of Boston last week observed tn
two hundred forty-ninth anniversary of il
organization.
THE government, in the house of commons
withdrew the amendment to the Iris
crimes bill which provided for changes {
venue to London.
A STRONG anti-Semitic movement is ri
ing in Hungary. There has been fight {
Neutra, in which eight persons were kille
and thirty wounded.
Too much rain is now the cry from OH
and West Virginia. Bridges have bee
washed away, live stock drowned and raj
way traffic interrupted.
THE death of x-Vice-president Wheel,
leaves Hannibal Hamlin the only living e.
ice-president and he is hale and hearty
seventy-eight years of age.
AT Houghton, Mich. the Quincy Roc
House and the Dow House were struck |
lightning and burned to the ground. Lo
100000; insurance unknown.
COLONEL MORRISON of the interstate con
merce commission says that he can recor
mend to congress many improvements
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